Brick



s. 5. LANE July 22, 1930.

BRICK Filed Oct. 15, 1928 g 'dn ,5. Lane.

Patented July 22, 1930 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE SIDNEY s. LANE,

or monesn'romnonrrr oAnoLInA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO'ROY L. LANE, F MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA Application filed October 15, 192 Serial 110,312,672.

sition, they are usually provided with an external flange, and the bricks at the face of the window opening are so laid that the joints register in such manner as to form a Vertical groove into which such flange fits.

In employing common brick for constructing a wall with window openings of this character, it is obvious that in order to provide a groove as above described, the face bricks must be so laid that the oints register with each other'throughout the height of the window opening. Owing to this fact, it is impossible to bond or tie these bricks to the main portion of the wall in the usual man @161, with the result that the bricks constituting the face of the window opening are insecurely held and frequently become loose.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel brick especially designed for use in forming the above described grooves for the reception ofthe flange on steel window frames, and by means of which it may be possible to bond or tie the face bricks to the other'bricks in the wall, so that all will be firmly united.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a brick wall showing a fragment of a steel sash and frame in position in a window opening, and illustrating the groove for receiving such frame; and V Figure 2 1s a perspectlve vlew on an en-' larged scale, illustrating more in detail one of my improved bricks and showing its relation to the neighboringbricks ofthe wall.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the

i reference numer l 1- ndicates, by way of i1? lustration, a windowwhichis mounted in a steel sash2, thisin turn being fittedinto a steelframe 3. This frame is shown as pro vided with an external central flange 4, adapted to fit into a corresponding groove 5 formed-inthe faceof the window opening,

soias to securely anchor the frame in position. It willbe understood that while I have shown a particular form of sash and frame by way of illustration, any other or desired type of frame maybe employed, and of course any desired construction of window and 1 sash. The only feature whichI desire to' emphasize is the provision of some kind of external flange such as 4'on the frame.

In order to provide a groove such as 5, and

at the same time permitof the face bricks being tied orbonded to) the othenbricks in, the wall, I proceedas follows. I construct a brick such as illustrated at A, such brick hav- 1ng a rectangular notch at extending trans- Versely across its working face at a point midway between its ends. The dimensions of the brick are so chosen that the face of the brick is divided by thisnotch intotwo sections or areas, each o'f which is substantially equal to thatof the end face of the brick. In, other words,the' length. of the face on each side of the notch is about equal to the width of the brick. Forexample, the brick may be made threeiand three-fourths inches wide and eight inches long and provided with a notch I having a" width of one-half inch. Thus the length of the sectionof the faceat each side of the notch is three and three-fourths inches. Or if'the brick is made four inches wide, it

will be eight and one-half inches :long, thus again permitting anotch one-half inch wide.

These figures are given by way of illustration and the" invention is not, of course, limited to bricks of the exactdimensions stated. In building up the wall adjacent the window opening, lay courses of brick terminating, alternately in onefo'f my special bricks having'a notched face and in ordinary or plain faced bricks. Thus, I'layone of'iny improved bricks A having the notchfa at the end of one course. The next course terminates in two plain bricks-B and C, which are so laid that the joint '6 between them is at epp ex ely the same width as the notch 42 and registers therewith. Above the bricks B and C, I lay another course again terminating in one of the notched bricks A, the notch of which registers with the joint between the bricks B and C below. It is therefore obvious that by building up the wall in this manner, I ,provide a continuous groove from top to bottom of the window opening. Referring again to the drawing and more-particularly to Figure-2, it will be seen that bricks-such'as-C and-D-at one side of the groove extend longitudinally of the wall, while some of the bricks, such as the brick B, on the other side of the groove, extend transversely of the wall. "Each course preferably has a brick SUCllEELS E also extending longitudinally of the wall, or in some cases the place of the brick E may be taken by a half brick or bat.

In any event, it will be observed that on the one hand the bricks such as C serve to bridge thejoint between the bricks A and D, while the bricks such as B serve to bridge thejoint between the bricks A and E. Thus, the bricks A are bonded .to the wall in both directions. Similarly the bricks B andC are themselves bonded by superposed bricks, so that the entire "wall is thoroughly tied together and is asstrongadjacent the window opening .as at any other point.= It will, of

course, be understood that the plain bricks such .as 13,0 .andD are of the same dimensions as the notched bricks A, and indeedit is quite possible, and in fact preferable, in

some cases, to construct the entire wallof notched bricks all of which-are exactly alike butthe notched faces of which maybe turned inwardly when-not required for forming the groove.

VVhat'IIclaim is: 4 .1. A brick wall havinga'window opening, or the like, the face 0f said opening being SIDNEY S. LANE.

formed in.,part of special bricks having a notch extending transversely across-their exposed surface approximately midway between the ends, and in part of other bricks superposed .upon or underlying said special bricks and having thejoint between them equal in wldth tothat of said notch and regstering therewith, whereby said .notches and joints together form a continuous vertical grove 1n sald face. 7

.2. A brick wall h ous. vertical groove .is formed in the fa'ceof thewindow openingsome.of-the' plain faced brick adjacentisaid groove extending longivtransverselythereof;

aving a window opening orthe like, gandcomposed of courses termi-' nating at said opening alternately with vpecial brick having-a vertical notch across its working "face approximately midwa-ybetween the ends,.and with plain'faced brick, the oint between the latter registering with the notches-in,thelformer, whereby a-continu- 

